Improvement in shoes



ter may be cut i JOSEPH L. JOYCE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHQES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Mblznd, dated August 16, 1870- To all whom z'z may concern Beit known that I, JosnPH L. JOYCE, ot' New Haven, in the county of N ew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Shoes; and I do hereby cle clare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part f-of this specication, and represent, in

Flgure 1, a side view of the sl ipper complete Figi, 2, 3, and et, tho saine principle of cutting' p applied to slippers ot' different patterns; Fig.

5, the vamp with the elastic attached; Fig. 6, a section through line n: met' Fig. l; and in Fig. '.7, the manner ot'iiinishing the edge.

This invention relates to an improvement in cutting sllppel's o1' 10W-quartered shoes, and such as have a long vamp extending onto the instep; and the invention consists in cutti ug the vampwlth an instep-piece attached to or formed thereon, the instep-piece cut or detached from thevanxp upon each side a portion ot'its width,

so as to yield to conform to theheight of' the instep, and cutting the quarter so as to attach to the vamp forward of the instep-piece; and, further= in the arrangement of an elastic between the instep-piece and sole, so as to allow the instep-piece to yield in putting on the shoe, and to draw the instep-piece down, so as to t the instep when the shoe is on the foot.

The vamp is out as seen in Fig. 5, A representing the vamp, and 'B the instep piece, which may be cut with the vamp, or separately, and stitched thereto between the points c a, but cut or divided from the vamp, from the points a, a down to the edge d of the insteppiece. The shape of the instep-piece may be varied, as seen in the several diagrams. `C is the count-er, cut so as to extend forward of the instep-piece, as seen in the several diagrams,

and there stitched to the vamp, and the counor a slipper, as in Fig. 2, 01

for a single tie, as in Fig. 3, or for lacing, as m Fig. 4..

.By this manner ot' cutting and attaching the squarter to the vamp, I am enabled to huish the edge by turnlng' the outer inward, andthe lining outward, as seen in Fig. 7, tomake an extremely neat and durable edge without bind. ing, and to produce the same edge on the instep-piece; and, further, that the instep-piece, being partially separated from the vamp, yields to the instep, and ai'ords a more comfortable and nicer fit than in the manner as heretofore practiced; and, to further facilitate the putting ou of the shoe, as well as neatness ot' iit, I attach .to the instep-piece, upon each side, and beneath the quarter, a piece of elastic, f, (see Figs. 5 a11d6,) Which'extends down, and is secured at the sole in any convenient manner, by preference secured in the process of stitching` the sole to the upper. This elastic yields when putting on the slippers, and, when the slipper is ou the foot, tends to draw the instep-piece down onto and soas to iit the instep.

Another great advantage of this manner of out and the elastic is that the same shoe may fltfeet of different heights of instep, so that, in the manufacture, a less variety of shoes `may be produced, the principal difference-of manufacture being in the length only, the elastic insteppieceaccommodating other differences, as well as Widths and heights.

I do not wish tobe understood as confining myself to any particular style of vamp or instep-piece, it being equally applicable to all shoes in which there is an instep-covering of vamp Without any covering or support from the quarter.

I claim as my invention* 1. In the manufacture of shoes, the extension of the quarter forward onto the vamp, s0 that the upper edge of the quarter will pass beyond the instep-edge ot' the vamp, and be secured, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

` 2.?In combination With the vamp A and instep-piece B, formed upon or united thereto, as described, the elastics ff, so as to yield for the accommodation of the instep-piece B, substantially as described.

l JOS.` L. JOYCE. Witnesses:

A. J. TIBBITS, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

